Carpet-fastener.



UNITED STATES latented June 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES 0. DEDMA GEORGE L. WEB ND DAVID v. HANNA, OF HAR- RODSBURG, KENTUCKY; SAID WEBB ASSIGNOR OF IIIs RIGHT TO SAID DEDMAN.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,240, dated June 9, 1903. Application filed March 27,1902. Serial No. 100,271. (No model.)

To all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES O. DEDMAN, GEORGE L. WEBB, and DAVID V. HANNA, citizens of the United States, residing at Harrodsburg, in the county of Mercer and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and use-.

moved from the same to enable it to be em-- ployed either for fastening carpets or securing,

rugs, druggets, or the like.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a carpet fastener of this character which will be especially adapted for use in exposed places like doorways or at hearths, where they are liable to be tread upon, and which will not be injured if subjected to the weight of a person.

The invention also has for its obj ectto provide a carpet-fastener of this character which will enable a carpet to be secured close to the walls of a room, so that no bare floor will be exposed. I

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an enlarged plan view of a carpet-fastener constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig, 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the carpetfastener open. Fig. 4 is asimilar view, the carpet-fastener being closed.

Like numerals of referencedesignat'e cor-. responding parts in allthe figures ofthe drawings.

1 designates a base-plate constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material and provided with suitable perforations 2 forthe reception of tacks or other suitable fastening devices for securing the carpet-fastener to a floor. The base-plate is provided at its back with eyes 3 for the reception of a pintle 4,,wl1ich hinges a top or clamping plate 5 to the base-plate, and the said top or clamping plate, which may be of any ornamental design, is provided at its back with a pair of eyes 6, arranged between the eyes 3 of the base-plate; but the said eyes 3 and 6 may be arranged in any other desired manner, as will be readily understood. The base-plate is provided at its front at opposite sides with a pair of tapered spurs 7, adapted to engage a carpet and arranged to receive and support the front portion of the top or clamping plate, whereby the latter is supported against transverse movement to relieve the hingejoint of strain. The upwardly-extending spurs securely hold the carpet, which is drawn over the carpet-fastener when the latter is open, and the said carpet is held in engagement with the spurs or projections by the hinged top or clamping plate, which is provided at its front with a depending spur or projection 8, adapted to pass through the carpet in advance of the base-plate and to be partially embedded in the floor to assist in relieving the hinge-joint of strain and also to retain'the top or clamping plate in engage ment with' the carpet.

The hinge-joint of the carpet-fastener is adaptedto be arranged against the wall or base-board, and in practice the eyes will be constructed sufficiently small to enable the carpetto be drawn closely to the wall, so as to leave no bare floor exposed The carpet-fastener, besides being especially adapted for use adjacent to walls,is also capable of being advantageously employed in exposed places, such as at doorways'or at fireplaces,where they are liable to be tread upon, and if tread upon they will not-be inp j ured, as the points-of one plate'don'otgcome in contact with the otherlf' Also'the c'a'rpet fastener is adapted for securingru gsordru ggets to a floor, andjmaydoe arranged at points remote from the walls of a'rooni.

What we claim is- A carpet-fastener, comprising a base-plate provided at opposite sides with upwardly-explate, whereby it is adapted to be firmly wedged between the same and is held against lateral movement, substantially as described. In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES O. DEDMAN. GEORGE L. XVEBB. DAVID V. HANNA.

tending tapering spurs or projections for engaging a carpet, said base-plate being also provided with a perforation to receive a fastening device for securing the carpet to a floor, and an upper plate hinged at the back to the base-p1ate and extending in advance of the same and provided at its front With a depending fioorengaging spur adapted to pass through a carpet and'capable of relieving the hinged joint of strain, said upper plate having a front portion of less width than the space between the spurs of the base- Witnesses:

BERT DAVIS, Jim. W. PHELPS. 

